Charam in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Charam in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CharamKohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad (Region)Iran (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Charam plotted against Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad and Iran. The SNDi of new construction in Charam followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Iran which rose steadily. Most recently, Charam's incremental SNDi rose from 2.1 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Charam ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad and 23rd out of 169 in Iran as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Iran
22nd of 169
Rank in Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in Iran
23rd of 169
Rank in Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad
2nd of 4

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CharamMaldonadoUdine

In new street additions, Charam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Maldonado built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Udine built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Maldonado and Udine both became progressively more disconnected, while Charam fluctuated in connectivity. Charam and Udine have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.